Week 3 Rankings

It's been two weeks since our last set of rankings, and there have been some rumblings in the rankings since then. Free content.

Liberty Bell week always exerts a heavy influence in the rankings. Not surprisingly, teams that do well at Liberty Bell do well in the rankings in the days that follow. Teams that had disappointing results at Liberty Bell tend to slide in the rankings. That much is fairly transparent. What's somewhat more subtle is that teams that do not compete at Liberty Bell tend to slide just a little in the rankings as well. If you're one of those teams, think of this as the Post Liberty Bell Effect and remind yourselves that there's a lot of season left. Best of all, rankings don't matter in the least at state unless you choose to let them matter. Ask Centaurus about that.

In any case, here is the latest version of the rankings:

5A Boys

1. Mountain Vista, 97 (8)

2. Fairview, 92 (2)

3. Fort Collins, 79

4. Cherry Creek, 69

5. Boulder, 58

6. Arapahoe, 46

7. Monarch, 29

8. Chaparral, 26

9. Rampart, 20

10. Pomona, 13

5A Girls

1. Fort Collins, 100 (10)

2. Monarch, 87

3. Pine Creek, 75

4. Mountain Vista, 67

5. Fairview, 65

6. Arapahoe, 52

7. Cherry Creek, 43

8. Boulder, 29

9. ThunderRidge, 15

10. Fossil Ridge, 10

4A Boys

1. Cheyenne Mountain, 120 (12)

2. Thompson Valley, 94

3. Centaurus, 93

4. Coronado, 83

5. Broomfield, 71

6. Palmer Ridge, 53

7. TCA, 46

8. Evergreen, 29

9. Air Academy, 23

10. Durango, 21

4A Girls

1. Battle Mountain, 118 (3)

2. Thompson Valley, 117 (6)

3. TCA, 112 (4)

4. Centaurus, 65

5T. Broomfield, 59

5T. Air Academy, 59

7. Coronado, 41

8. Durango, 40

9. Evergreen, 35

10. Niwot, 34

3A Boys

1. Peak to Peak, 110 (11)

2. University, 89

3. Holy Family, 84

4. Alamosa, 79

5. Estes Park, 59

6. Frontier Academy, 50

7. Bayfield, 40

8. Salida, 34

9. Faith Christian, 27

10. Platte Canyon, 12

3A Girls

1. Kent Denver, 98 (5)

2. Frontier Academy, 95 (3)

3. Holy Family, 82 (1)

4. Moffat County, 81 (2)

5. Estes Park 72

6. Colorado Academy, 48

7. Bayfield, 24

8. Peak to Peak, 23

9. Aspen, 22

10. Alamosa, 18

2A Boys 

1. Lyons, 72 (9)

2. Telluride, 57

3. Hotchkiss, 56

4. Vanguard, 47

5. Crested Butte, 24

6. Rocky Ford, 20

7. Wiggins, 16

8. Peyton, 15

2A Girls

1. Hotchkiss, 71 (8)

2. Vanguard, 56

3. Lyons, 49

4. Telluride, 48 (1)

5. Paonia, 39

6. Denver Christian, 34

7. Crested Butte, 18

8. Nederland, 10

 

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